A lifetime may seem too long, but I can sure vouch for 10 years. At least 10 years. Earlier this month, Irwin Lazar reported at Enterprise 2.0 about Microsoft’s arguments that desktop phones are dead: At VoiceCon this week Microsoft’s Gurdeep Singh Paul argued that the desktop phone is dead, and that organizations who fail to make the switch to PC (or application) based telephony will fall behind those that do. Irwin also states that he believes otherwise: Our research
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | April 23rd, 2009 | Filed under Clients, Technology
Dave Michels at Pin Drop Soup talks about the UC paradox – a great read with some neat insights on how presence is determined today and how it should probably be determined. Luca Filigheddu points out that Skype on iPhone is useless – I tend to agree, and his point is valid for any VoIP client. VoiceCon 2009 took place this month. Zeus Kerravala at NoJitter provides a great summary of the event. You can also read the summary Amir Zmora, my colleague, wrote for this blog. Shell plans to eliminate desktop phones – I’ve already stated my view on this: don’t take my desktop phone. Garrett Smith has a very interesting post about VoIP and unlimited cellular plans. Don’t miss out the great discussion going on there in the comments section. Michael Stanford of Wirevolution urges Skype to open up – an interesting and insightful read. While I agree with most of it, there is an asymmetric comparison there between Skype and SIP.
By Tsahi Levent-Levi | April 20th, 2009 | Filed under Around the net
[Amir Zmora, our VP marketing, went to VoiceCon 2009, and all I got was this guest post... his first guest post can be found here.] VoiceCon Orlando was held last week, and for me it was the first time attending the event. Weather in Orlando at this time of the year is great, and the venue was very nice – you just had to keep your feet away from those alligators wandering around in the resort’s water streams. If
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By guest | April 6th, 2009 | Filed under Technology
